axslt-js

What is it?

axslt-js is a library written in javascript that helps front-end developers deal with runtime xsl transformations.

Why axslt-js?

• Written in plain javascript ( powerful, fast, readable, extendible )
• It uses caching and lazy evaluation
• It's the only library around that is really asynchronous for both xml/xsl files
• The application interface is minimal
• Uses xsl template juggling to control the transformation
• Compatible ( but not limited ) with the most common browsers ( Supports: IE5.5+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari )

Limitations:

• Cannot use more than one xsl file at once. Your xsl:include and xsl:import will not work

Download

Download the library here

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open( 'GET', 'test.xml' );
xhr.send( null );
var callback = function() {
    for ( var i = 0; i < this.length; i++ ) {
        document.getElementsByTagName( 'body' )[0].appendChild( this[ i ].cloneNode() );
    }
}
axslt( xhr, '/path/in/xml[xpath=compatible]', callback, {} ,'the.xsl' );

$.ajaxSetup( { dataType: 'xml' } ); //you can use dataType: 'xml' in every request too
_aXSLT.defaultStylesheet = 'the.xml';

axslt( $.get( 'test.xml' ),
    '/path/to/xml',
    function() {
        $( 'body' ).append( this );
    }
);